Basic (03-86)
DI 39503.225 Use of DDS Work Sampling Data in Workpower Analysis
The revised State Agency Work Sampling (SAWS) system was implemented in fiscal year
1978, and the first year's data became available in September 1978.
The use of unit times (minutes/case) in workpower analysis will provide insight into
the requirements for and utilization of total workpower; e.g., the disposition of
work years by position types, and shifts in the mix of unit times by type of cases
from year to year.
The use of work sampling unit times needs to be fully documented in the rationale
accompanying workpower analysis changes. Please exercise caution in ensuring that
only validated and reliable SAWS data are used, i.e., data resulting from sufficient
numbers of samples to ensure validity.
Example:
The CDI workload in fiscal year 1979 was increased by 300,000 cases nationally with
5,300 additional nonrollback conversion CDI's to be processed by the State agency
this year. For illustrative purposes, it was assumed SAWS data provided information
reflecting a unit time of 688 minutes/cases for nonrollback CDI's. Computing the mix
change resulting from introduction of this new load would require:
5,300 ×688 = 3,664,400 minutes ÷by 60 ÷by 1,750 = 35 WY's
Since the workload count adjustment has already included workpower for 5,300 additional
CDI's at 447 minutes per case (base on the prior fiscal year PPWY of 234.9) the difference
between these two unit times produces a mix change calculated:
Fiscal year 1979 |
688 |
(SAWS data) minutes/case |
Fiscal year 1978 |
447 |
(SAWS data) minutes/case |
|
+241 |
minutes per case |
|
×5,300 |
|
1,277,300 |
|
÷60 |
|
÷1,750 |
(see definitions for work year) |
|
+12.2 |
work year/mix change due to nonrollback CDI conversion cases |
NOTE: The unit times reflected here are not necessarily valid and serve only to demonstrate
the principle of utilizing SAWS in workpower analysis.